'Azerbaijan cannot impose any kind of solution' COP29's tells Euronews, adding that the only way forward at the climate summit is through consensus.
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00:00As COP 29's final week approaches, we got the chance to speak to the foreign policy advisor to the president of Azerbaijan
00:06about the COP presidency expectations for the final agreement.
00:11Azerbaijan as a chairing country and a host country, Azerbaijan will do its utmost best to provide a framework
00:19for a fruitful discussion among the parties.
00:21But we should also accept the fact that Azerbaijan is not the only one and COP belongs to the world.
00:27198 parties are taking part in this process and all parties have their own responsibilities
00:36and their own objectives and expectations from the COP.
00:39As a host, Azerbaijan is in a facilitated discussion.
00:42Azerbaijan cannot impose any kind of solution or any kind of decision to other countries.
00:48It should be a consensus-wise decision of all international and global communities.
00:53We also asked for his response to the international backlash following what have been described
00:57as President Aliyev's attacks against Western governments.
01:01The president of Azerbaijan, Aliyev, he was very open and honest to the wider international community.
01:07Azerbaijan doesn't deny that Azerbaijan is an oil and gas producer country.
01:11But we shouldn't be treated just on oil and gas.
01:14We should be treated only how we are using our resources for the green transformation.
01:19And this COP is based on the real facts and we should also accept inconvenient truths.
01:24What is an inconvenient truth?
01:25There is a major production producer of the oil and gas.
01:29There is also major responsibility on the countries based on the concept of the common
01:34and differentiated responsibility.
01:36George Orlandi at COP29 for Euronews in Baku.